Being Imprisoned Made Me Suicidal – Ibinabo Fiberesima (READ)

Since being sentenced to jail for the second time, this time for 5 years, Ibinabo Fiberesima has received an outpouring of support from Nollywood. Some of her colleagues are in the process of finalizing plans to mobilize A-list actors with the intention of prevailing on Lagos State government & the family of the late Dr Giwa Suraj to have mercy on the AGN president. Nollywood practitioners likeFred Amata,Segun Arinze,Zik Zulu Okafor,Mr Ralph Nwadike,Zeb Ejiro,Segun Arinze,Felix Duker,Ifeanyi Dike, were among first callers at the Kirikiri Maximum security prison where Fiberesima is serving her jail term.

According toVanguardat the prison they took turns to see the actress in a small waiting room. Looking depressed and in low spirit, once cheerful Ibinabo expressed faith in God that the days of storms would soon be over. But while she was trying to hide her emotion, other female inmates were having fun, as they kept shouting and waving at some of the popular Nollywood faces who made the prison trip.

A week before she was convicted, Ibinabo spoke about her relationship with Dr. Giwa’s family saying. I don’t have a relationship with the family. They banned me from coming to see them. I used to visit the mother, but they warned me to stop coming to their house. So, I can only pray for them and that’s what I did always. If I had their GSM lines, I would have sent them messages. But like I said earlier, I was banned from visiting them. They said I should not dare get close to them.

She also spoke about why she is back in jail following her first stint in 2009, When I was granted bail, the condition for granting the bail was that I should challenge the jail term slammed on me by the High Court, and urge the court to restore the decision of the Magistrate Court which fined N100,000 and I paid. And the appeal was only heard in January, that’s all. The case was between Lagos State government and I The appellate court, last week Friday dismissed her appeal as it affirmed the High Court’s judgement.

The actress broke down and wept as she was led out of court as the judge ordered that she should be sent to Kirikiri for the second time. She was on her way to Port Harcourt when she got a call ordering her to turn back and present herself in court, unknown to her that it would be the beginning of her second journey to Kirikiri prison. Speaking on her first experience in jail in 2009.

I was involved in an accident and I have internally remained sorry that it happened. They said I am going to jail again. I almost died the first time I was sent to jail in 2009. I almost committed suicide. But thank God that He brought me out of that depression.

The Conduct Of Exams In Nigeria Has Become War – Dibu Ojerinde On JAMB 2016

THE Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, has faulted calls for cancellation of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying this will not be in the interest of the candidates, parents and government.

He said the protest in Lagos, a few days ago allegedly by UTME candidates demanding for cancellation of the results of the examination was sponsored to discredit the good work the Board is doing in the efforts to strengthen the quality of tertiary education in the country. Ojerinde, who briefed newmen on Friday, in Abuja, on the conduct of the 2016 UTME, said conduct of public examination in Nigeria has become a war.

He disclosed that the organiser of the protest who incidentally was an owner of a centre designated for the examination was aggrieved because he was not allowed by the JAMB officials at the centre to perpetrate examination malpractice. Ojerinde explained how a JAMB official at the Lagos Centre was threatened after rejecting N6 million bribe offer, saying this prompted the relocation of the candidates at the centre to Moro in Osun State.

Over 1,592,44 candidates registered for the 2016 UTME nationwide and in seven foreign countries. He added that the owner of the centre, in the effort to justify money he collected illegally from parents and candidates organised the protest in Lagos. It was also gathered that a lady who was arrested at the centre for impersonation, confessed that she and others were paid N25,000 each to do the job.

Ojerinde said the actual candidates that sat for the examination was 1,546,633 representing 97.12 per cent, while a total of 23,577 candidates absented from the examination representing 1.48 per cent of the total number candidates that registered for 2016 UTME. He disclosed that a total of 145,704 representing 9.1 per cent of candidates had the issue of multiple results, which the Board has tried to sort out. The JAMB Registrar, further disclosed that results of Uromi approved UTME Centre in Edo State, were being withheld as a result of massive irregularities and invasion of the centre by armed hoodlums.

A JAMB official in charge of the centre was said to have rejected an offer of N1 million “corporation fee” (bribe), allegedly by the owner of the centre in collaboration with some parents and candidates to allow them perpetrate examination malpractices. He disclosed that the armed invaders were over 20 persons, adding that timely intervention of the military saved the day and that the candidates for the centre were relocated to Auchi, where the remaining examinations were held with the supervision of soldiers.

Ojerinde, however, admitted that there were some challenges in the first and second days of the examination leading to relocation of a total of 59,000 candidates to new centres and 16 States of the Federation. He promised that special arrangement would be made for those who were genuinely affected by the relocation to sit for the examination at a rescheduled date to be announced to them.

He said: “I want to say it here that conducting examination is becoming a war; it is already a war. You should have seen us in the control room of the examination. When the exam was going on, I was in the war front; I was not able to leave the control room. “The invaders were more than 20 well-armed men. The Nigeria Army had to mobilsie their men to make it possible for us to conduct examinations in Auchi, because the mercenaries in Uromi were determined to frustrate us, but of cause they frustrated them in return.

“The organisers of the protest did not do it in the interest of the candidates but done as a result of their frustration due to their inability to perpetuate their planned acts of irregularities. Majority of these people who are frustrated collected huge sums of monies from the candidates, they were the organisers of the protest, we have adequate information to prove it. “There was an episode in Kaduna where an owner of a centre decided to perpetuate malpractice, as a result he was arrested and quickly handed over to the police.

“Overall, there were about 145,000 of them. Immediately we noted this we refused to continue to release the results until the system error was corrected. When it was corrected all other people who sat for the examination from that time up till yesterday had no problem and now even some of them that were affected are asking for extra marks. “In our quest to have adequate and effective centres for the 2016 exercise we approved over 500 centres.

Unfortunately some of the centre operators were not sincere in providing us with the true position of their facility. “They hired equipment and other necessary apparatus and on the examination day they were found wanting. This lead to relocation or rescheduling of candidates from some of them to more suitable centres. Ojerinde, explained that the movement of candidates from Lagos to Moro in Osun State, by the Board was done promptly to avert attacks by hoodlums based on a security report. The JAMB boss noted that similar incident played at Uromi Centre in Edo State, where mercenaries hired to perpetrate massive examination malpractices were exposed by the JAMB official on ground.

“This led to relocation or rescheduling of candidates from some of them to more suitable centres. I want to apologies to these two categories of people, but we are going put on a redress for those whose relocation affected them in missing their examination.

Actress Omotola and her husband jet out to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary

The two will be celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on March 23rd and have jetted out of the country for some alone time. 20 years? Amazing! Omotola should write a book on being beautiful, independent, having a thriving career and still keeping a man.

The Ooni of Ife and his new wife visit Sultan of Sokoto (photos)

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi,Ojaja II and his new wife Olori Wuraola visited to the Sultan of Sokoto at his palace in Sokoto yesterday. See more photos after the cut...

Cristiano Ronaldo & Real Madrid make 5yr old Orphan's dreams come true

Cristiano Ronaldo alongside some of his teammates at Real Madrid made the dream of a 5 year old orphan from Palestine come true. The parents and brother of 5 year old Ahmed Dawabshah were killed in a Palestine bomb attack 8 months ago. Photos of Ahmed wearing a Real Madrid jersey carrying Ronaldo's picture while recuperating from 60 percent burns on his body flooded the internet. Ahmed fought for his life straight after the incident, and asked 'where is my mother?' upon awakening. The whole incident touched officials at Real Madrid who together with Cristiano Ronaldo and the Palestine embassy organised a trip for Ahmed to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium to meet and spend time with his idol, Cristiano Ronaldo. Jibril Rajoub, president of the Palestinian Football Association, added: "This is a superb humanitarian gesture by Real Madrid, its administration and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are restoring hope for a child who lost his entire family. There is an unknown soldier in this initiative and that is Zinedine Zidane, who we warmly thank." Ahmed's grandfather said: "He has just spent eight months in hospital. He is doing better, but a lot of time and care is still needed for him to truly recover." Nasser Dawabsha, the boy’s uncle, said Ahmed 'adores' Cristiano Ronaldo and had spent much of his time in hospital watching sports.

Very Funny Video:- Watch This Emmanuella Comedy Skit Titled “Remember”

Emmanuella is back again… This Comedy skit is titled “Remember“. Emmanuella was threatened when she was unable to remember the Uncle’s name, She was pushed to the Wall and Forced to remember the Uncle.. Finally she was able to, she described and got everything right about the Uncle and then something happened. Emmanuella said something that landed her uncle in troubleEnjoy!! Watch & Download the Comedy Skit below:-

The Fake Soldier Arrested In Possession Of Army And Police Uniforms In Rivers

A fake soldier suspected to be a thug and among those who have brutally murdered many innocent people in Rivers State has been captured. A man has been caught wearing army uniform and parading himself as a soldier in Rivers State. He was caught at at Emohua Local Government Area in Rivers State.

This is coming just days to the scheduled Rivers re-run election on Saturday and already, many people have lost their lives including 4 army officers this week. A man was beheaded and another kidnapped by unknown gunmen which has led to serious chaos between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. It is believed he is a political thug and among the people killing and causing chaos in the state.